OLEAGINOUS, adj. Oily, smooth, sleek. Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous." And the good prelate was ever afterward known as Soapy Sam. For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "OLEAGINOUS, adj. Oily, smooth, sleek. Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous." And the good prelate was ever afterward known as Soapy Sam. For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it."

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Afterward	Bishop	Described	Disraeli
Enemies	Every	Find	Good
Manner	Oily	Oleaginous	Once
Prelate	Saponaceous	Second	Skin
Sleek	Smooth	Soapy	Something
Stick	Unctuous	Vocabulary	Wilberforce

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